Sitting CMs who lost elections...
Naveen Patnaik, Odisha
BJD. 2024.
After having a fine run for 24 years, he lost Kantabanji to the BJP's Laxman Bag.
He won Hinjili, the 2nd seat.
Naveen Babu is the 2nd longest serving CM after Sikkim's Pawan Chamling.
Charanjit Singh Channi, Punjab
Congress. 2022
Chief minister from September 2021-March 2022.
Contested the assembly election from Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur.
Lost to AAP.
Currently MP from Jalandhar.
Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal
TMC. 2021
The TMC won the election handsomely, but Didi lost Nandigram to the BJP's Suvendu Adhikari.
Harish Rawat, Uttarakhand
Congress. 2017
Was CM from 2014 to 2017.
Lost Haridwar and Kichcha in the 2017 assembly poll.
Laxmikant Parsekar, Goa
BJP. 2017
Defeated in Mandrem by the Congress' Dayanand Sopte who later joined the BJP.
Parsekar resigned from the BJP when the party fielded Sopte against him in the 2022 poll.
Sheila Dikshit, Delhi
Congress. 2015
Arvind Kejriwal defeated the 3-term CM in the seat she had held for 15 years.
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, West Bengal
CPM. 2011
CM for 10 years, he lost Jadavpur, which he represented since 1987.
The 2011 poll marked the end of Left rule (34 years) in Bengal.
Buddhadeb Babu passed away in 2024.